Historical Skills
Anglo-Saxons & Normans
Middle Ages
Challenges to Power
Tudors
100

What type of source is a diary?

Primary

100

Which king died in 1066 without an heir?

Edward the Confessor

100

Who was a trained soldier who fought for a lord?

Knight

100

Which tax helped cause the Peasants’ Revolt?

Poll Tax

100

Who was the first Tudor king?

Henry VII

200

What is a period of 10 years?

Decade

200

Who led the Norman army?

William, Duke of Normandy

200

Who was the head of the Church?

Pope

200

 Which document limited the king’s power in 1215?

Magna Carta
200

What was the name of Henry VIII’s first wife?

Catherine of Aragon

300

Which century was the year 1066 in?

11th century

300

Which king died in the Battle of Hastings?

Harold Godwinson

300

Who was a poor farmer who worked the land?

Peasant

300

Which revolt challenged the power of the king in 1381?

Peasants' Revolt

300

Who was the last Tudor monarch?

Elizabeth I

400

Which country did they find the Tollund Man?

Denmark

400

What type of castle did Normans first build?

Motte and bailey

400

What was the deadly disease that spread across Europe in the 1340s?

Black Death

400

Which group forced King John to agree to the Magna Carta?

Barons

400

What did Henry VIII want from the Pope?

Divorce

500

What type of bog was the Tollund Man found in?

Peat

500

What was the most important Norman tactic used at Hastings?

Feigned retreat

500

Who cleaned the toilets in the castle?

Gong Farmer

500

Which king faced opposition from Thomas Becket?

Henry II

500

 Which fleet sent by Spain to invade England in 1588?

Spanish Armada